Dorothy Gale 7,575 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I really wish she could've done her original concept. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday 2,178 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yes, but I didn't know it was part of her original concept. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1495 991 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 She was also supposed to walk the red carpet with a bunch of Gaga look-alikes wearing her old outfits. MTV declined that too in favor of Miley. & how the tables have turned, now that Miley is practically a punch line & Gaga is an Academy-acclaimed legend. Holy shït!!! That would have slayed me!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre 10,480 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think that's the only thing she used from the original concept, and the lighting if I'm not wrong. I would love to see the performance with the 'big reveal' of the set, if the big turning head worked that day. ❝Is not blue, not turquoise, not lapis. It's actually cerulean❞. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popero22 8 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 What was the original concept??? How did I not know about this..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whispering 18,865 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I like how the performance turned out. It ended up giving Applause a boost back up the iTunes chart that it needed, and it stayed there for months.The last thing she needed was another dark, weird performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Bush 256 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 what is the original concept? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 what is the original concept?http://www.dissidentusa.com/lady-gaga/vma-case-study/Torture, floating performers, and Ron Athey -- all this and more were included in the original treatment for Lady Gaga's performance of "Applause" at the 2013 VMAs. Creative development and production company, Dissident -- a company that "converges at the intersecting realms of visual arts, film, music, fashion sport, emerging technology, and international event installation" -- have posted the case study on their website, revealing details from the original outline that MTV Networks turned down. Lady Gaga recently revealed that she wanted look alikes to wear her iconic looks from past music videos, but MTV also refused to let her carry out her vision. Check out the treatment below along with the original reference images and some rehearsal photos of the final product! CASE STUDY: BLACK AND RED INTO BLINDING WHITE LG begins on the center stage B below LED scoreboard, in a draped black gown (see reference image). The KAWS head turns to reveal a black backdrop (ex.: silk) stretched across the truss of the head. A red torture performance possibly involving artist Ron Athey (TO BE CONFIRMED) is displayed on an incline, with mirrored, bloody glass (see reference image). LG very slowly walks the catwalk to the main stage over a period of one minute and forty seconds. At 1:40 / as LG arrives at the black silk drop, it drops kabuki style and is immediately pulled offstage to reveal a blinding white paradise garden (see reference images), filled with LG performers, possibly floating or displayed on tall pedestals (see attached looks). At the same time as the black screen drops, LG’s black dress drops to reveal the same elegant gown in white. LG begins to walk stage left across the stage in profile over the course of two minutes. As she crosses the torture figure, the dress turns red. At 3:13, LG begins to fly diagonally up stage right in front of the white garden. The song ends as she is still ascending diagonally above the garden. At 3:36 or the end of the song, there is a black out; she is lowered and the head turns back to original position for next act. The exact timing of the walk, if her song is to be preceded by other /white noise etc./prior to it starting, etc. is ytd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher 2,406 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I wonder if Applause was apart of the original plan as well. Finally feeling free for the night, I got no worries. Finally got a claim on my life, baby, c'est la vie. ☄️ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagzus 15,831 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 http://www.dissidentusa.com/lady-gaga/vma-case-study/ something tells me the torture part really put them off, there's no way they'd show torture on an award show which targets mainly young children now & the only reason the twerk part occurred was bc it was spontaneous & twerking has become part of our youth culture sadly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgusPop 4,141 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I didn't notice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfonso 1,547 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I didn't notice This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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